2020 interacting with technology via brainwaves
Wow, will we interact in the future via brainwaves? According to Intel we will. What do you think?
Predictions like those from Intel where we are told that we will interact with technology via brainwaves in the near future will get a lot of media attention. This because it will have a huge impact on how we work, life and communicate. But do we have to believe such predictions? Scientist's have got and actual insights in the future possibilities of technology. Mostly better than anyone else. But we must never forget that every technology must become accepted by the user/society. And here is it where many technologies fail or introductions delayed.
But what is it exactly what the scientists from Intel predict? Well it is quite easy to explain (not to realize). Within a decade we humans will interact with our computers by brainwaves. So no keyboard, mouse or anything else is needed. You do not believe it. The scientists from Intel believe that humans will become more positively towards implementing chips into their bodies. So they are developing chips which are able to communicate with TV sets, computers and mobile devices. This all happens via brainwaves.
Scientists at Intel's research lab in Pittsburgh are working to find ways to read and harness human brain waves so they can be used to operate computers, television sets and cell phones (source: Computerworld)
As a futurist I need to know about the latest and future developments and I really believe that this will happen in the future. But not within 10 years. First we have to make the step towards interaction by voice and gestures. So my conclusion is: it will come but not that soon. What do you think?
Read the full article onComputerworld
I think human beings are remarkable adaptive," said . "If you told people 20 years ago that they would be carrying computers all the time, they would have said, 'I don't want that. I don't need that.' Now you can't get them to stop carrying devices. There are a lot of things that have to be done first but I think [implanting chips into human brains] is well within the scope of possibility (Andrew Chien, vice president of research and director of future technologies research Intel Labs)